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Network Administration: DHCP Snooping and DHCP Relay
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DHCP snooping filters untrusted messages, and stores these messages in a
database. Interfaces are untrusted if the packet is received from an interface
outside the network, or from an interface beyond the network firewall.
Trusted interfaces receive packets only from within the network or the
network firewall.
The DHCP Snooping Binding database contains the untrusted interfaces’
MAC address, IP address, Lease Time, VLAN ID, and interface information.
Table 18-1 describes how DHCP packets are handled when DHCP snooping
is enabled on an interface.
Table 18-1. DHCP Packet Handling when DHCP Snooping is Enabled
Packet Type
Arriving from Untrusted
Ingress Interface
Arriving from Trusted
Ingress Interface
DHCPDISCOVER
Forward to trusted
interfaces only.
Forwarded to trusted
interfaces only.
DHCPOFFER
Filter.
Forward the packet
according to DHCP
information. If the
destination address is
unknown the packet is
filtered.
DHCPREQUEST
Forward to trusted
interfaces only.
Forward to trusted
interfaces only.
DHCPACK
Filter.
Same as DHCPOFFER
and an entry is added to
the Binding database.
DHCPNAK
Filter.
Same as DHCPOFFER.
Remove entry if exists.